airless

[air-lis]

adjective

1. lacking air.

2. that is without fresh air; stuffy.

   a dark, airless hallway.

3. that is without a breeze; still.

   an airless July day.

airless

/ ˈɛəlɪs /

adjective

1. lacking fresh air; stuffy or sultry

2. devoid of air

Other Word Forms

• airlessness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of airless¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; air ¹ + -less

Example Sentences

He is confined to a small, airless room with six other Israelis, all men considerably younger than Mr. Sharabi, who was 51 at the time of his kidnapping.

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It’s one sort of problem to litter the narrative with flat characters and airless performances; the cast must be suffocating from how little life they breathe into their roles.

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Since extreme temperatures and cosmic rays break down rubber or turn it to a brittle glass, metal alloys and high-performance plastic are chief contenders for airless space tyres.

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Once a place where friends and family entered through perpetually open doors, the space becomes hermetic and airless when curtains are drawn to hide the men who have come to disrupt this idyllic refuge.

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Kimura adds, "In future work, our results could also help to reveal the relative ages of surfaces on airless bodies and assist in the accurate interpretation of remote sensing data obtained from these bodies."

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Related Words

• stifling 
• stuffy